i think it was samuel l jackson that said that he would rather everyone uses the word to remove its power edit honestly personally id rather the word be reserved for historical media you hear less racists and more rappers use the word though and because of that the word sticks around and for black people it gains a new meaning similar to how queer paddy smoggie and other words were reclaimed from their original offensive roots im not going to sit here as a white guy and say that black people need to stop using the word nigger because its a bad word for themselvesthat seems fruitless but a bit of self reflection on to why the word has an uptick alongside rap music becoming more and more mainstream would be a start surely